Unlike switches designed and marketed for office and communication applications, VIA ships as an unmanaged switch, pre-configured and optimized for entertainment network use, with twelve etherCON® RJ45 copper ports and two opticalCON® DUO locking connectors for multi-mode fiber. When needed, VLANs, EAPS and other Layer 2/3 management features are easily accessed and configured through the front panel interface and the Pathscape software suite.

Art-Net trap-and convert to sACN (per-port): Broadcast Art-Net packets are detected as they enter the switch port. The packets are converted to sACN packets using the same universe. Multicast filtering may be applied to these packets to reduce bandwidth usage and improve routing efficiency.